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Zorpia
Screenshot
Screenshot of Zorpia's homepage.
Type of site
Social networking service
Available inMultilingual (2)
OwnerZorpia Co. Ltd.
Created byJeffrey Ng, CEO of Zorpia Co. Ltd.
URLwww.zorpia.com
LaunchedDecember 7, 2003 (2003-12-07)
Current statusActive

Zorpia (Chinese: 若比鄰) is a social networking service, popular in India and China. Zorpia is one of the few ICP-licensed international social networks.[2][3] The social networking site has 2 million unique users per month and has grown to a total worldwide user base of 26 million.[2][4][5] Jeffrey Ng is the company's founder and CEO of Zorpia. The privately-funded company is based in Hong Kong and has 30 employees.[6]

History[edit]

In December 2003, Jeffrey Ng founded Zorpia as a social networking service.[2] Ng took the name Zorpia because he wanted it to be an online nation for people looking for new relationships.[7] While sites like Facebook and twitter are still banned in China, the ban has allowed Zorpia to use its ICP license in China to grow its user base.[2][8] Ng plans to expand Zorpia into 22 additional marketing in countries such as the UK, Taiwan, Australia, and Canada.[5][8][9]

Leadership[edit]

Jeffrey Ng began his entrepreneurial career at the age of 13.[10] He started his own Japanese music website and music search engine.[11] He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with a degree in computer engineering.[10] Before building Zorpia, he worked for Expedia Inc. and at his university’s National Center for Supercomputing Applications.[5][12]

Services[edit]

Zorpia's features include photo-sharing, social networking, messaging and profiles.[2][4][13] [14] Zorpia has developed technology to analyze and predict compatibility between strangers, and has developed false identity prevention systems and user attractiveness discovery algorithms to help people make friends.[15]

Zorpia is one of the only social networking sites permitted for use in China.[10]

Recognition[edit]

Alexa Internet ranks Zorpia among the 6,000 most-visited websites worldwide, with a global rank of 3,562 and with 40% users from India and 10% users from China.[16][17] Alexa also ranks Zorpia among the top 1000 most popular websites in India, with a rank of 933.[16]

Business Today India named Zorpia as the growth leader in the India market from 2009-2010.[12] Zorpia has been recognized by CNN, China Daily, the biggest English newspaper in China, and it has been featured in Phoenix Television's A Date with Luyu.[13][18][19]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference alexa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c d e Lana Bandoim (February 14, 2013). "Investors Turn to Alternatives to Facebook". Technorati. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  3. ^ Dave Klawinski (February 10, 2013). "Content Curation Mixed With LinkedIn And Zorpia". Business 2 Community. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Zorpia". Crunchbase. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Zorpia - About Us". Zorpia. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  6. ^ "Zorpia". VB Profiles. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  7. ^ Andrew Moran (February 21, 2013). "Reinvigorating the social networking experience with Zorpia". Digital Journal. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Zorpia Launches Social Network Site for China; Company Plans to Launch More Than 22 Social Networking Portals Worldwide". The Free Library. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  9. ^ "Zorpia Plans to Launch 22 Social Networks Worldwide". Online Personals Watch. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  10. ^ a b c "Alternatives to Facebook Increase Social Media Competition". Yahoo! Voices. February 14, 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  11. ^ darlynd (September 2012). "Interview with Zorpia Ceo, Jeffrey Ng". Studymode. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  12. ^ a b "Zorpia India: Fastest Growing Social Network 2009-2010". altnews.asia. February 25, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  13. ^ a b Andrew Moran (February 21, 2013). "Reinvigorating the social networking experience with Zorpia". Digital Journal. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  14. ^ "Interview with Jeffrey Ng, CEO from Zorpia". TechAddress. November 21, 2006. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  15. ^ Bruce Walker (February 11, 2013). "Zorpia Resurfaces Social Media Landscape". Vatalyst. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  16. ^ a b "Zorpia.com". Alexa. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  17. ^ Hamish McKenzie (August 7, 2012). "Friend-Finding Social Network Zorpia Is No Facebook, But At Least It Has Friends In China". PandoDaily. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  18. ^ "Blumberg Capital on CNN Money: SXSW Through a VC's Eyes". YouTube. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  19. ^ "《鲁豫有约》2008年02月19日". YouTube. Retrieved April 8, 2013.

Category:Companies established in 2003 Category:Companies of Hong Kong Category:Software companies

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